Bi-mode
Rails displays ‘OO’ Class 18 liveries
Rails of Sheffield has revealed decorated samples of the forthcoming ‘OO’ gauge Class 18/CBD90 bi-mode shunting locomotive being produced by Revolution Trains.
Kato's Class 800 debut
Japanese manufacturer Kato isn’t a well known brand in British model railway circles with just one rolling stock product to its name for UK layouts. However, it has a new high-profile release for ‘N’ gauge: the Hitachi Class 800. MIKE WILD takes stock of this exciting new addition.
RE-ENGINEERED
Trains withdrawn from the national network are usually destined for a one-way trip to the scrapyard, but for a lucky few a further life awaits as a result of reengineering. EVAN GREEN-HUGHES explains all in the concluding part of our Railway Realism trilogy on stock changes on today’s railway.